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Premier League

Nov 23, 2019 at 12.30pm UK

West Ham West Ham United
2-3
Spurs Tottenham Hotspur

Antonio (73'), Ogbonna (96')

FT(HT: 0-2)

Heung-min (36'), Moura (43'), Kane (49')

Jose Mourinho casts doubt over Christian Eriksen's Tottenham Hotspur commitment

| 23 November 2019

Jose Mourinho casts doubt over Christian Eriksen commitment

The new Tottenham boss left the Danish midfielder on the bench when he named his team to face West Ham.

Jose Mourinho said he needs to find out what is in Christian Eriksen's "mind or heart" after omitting him from his first Tottenham starting line-up.

Mourinho, appointed as Spurs boss on Wednesday after Mauricio Pochettino was sacked, takes charge of his first game in the lunch-time kick-off at London rivals West Ham.

Denmark international Eriksen, out of contract next year, was expected to leave Spurs during the summer and has started only eight games this season.

"The match today is very important, but our future is also very important and I need to understand really what is in Christian's mind or heart," Mourinho told BT Sport.

"We have to make the right decision for the club. But on top of that I believe that Lucas (Moura) and Sonny (Son Heung-min) and Harry Kane – they are players with a good understanding.

Jose has named his first starting XI!

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"We're going to try and find, in the little time we've had to work, some positions and some dynamic where they can hurt the opposition and let's see if we can do it.

"I like the ideas, but I like to work the ideas and this today is more about ideas than to work them, so let's see if we can find happiness."